Hello,

I changed the message-order in my message threads from Ascending to Descending. Now the newest messages are visible at first. But now I still have the reply-composing box at the bottom. How can I get that on top?

My code of the “buddypress/bp-messages/classes/class-bp-messages-thread.php” is visible here:
http://pastebin.com/QFF9n1Wi

It would be really awesome if someone knows the answer.

Greetings,
Marvin

[@shanebp Moderator 9 years, 1 month ago]

You shouldn’t change core files.

You should be able to make your changes via template overloads.

Copy this file
bp-templates\bp-legacy\buddypress\members\single\messages\single.php
to your child theme so that the dir structure looks like this:
your-theme\buddypress\members\single\messages\single.php

Then in single.php, change
if ( bp_thread_has_messages() ) :
to

<?php  
	$args = array(
	   'order'     => 'DESC'
	);
if ( bp_thread_has_messages( $args ) ) : ?>

To change the location of the reply box, adjust the html in that same template overload.

[@marvin_klempert Participant 9 years, 1 month ago]

Thanks for your answer and the hints.

Now the messages show in the desired order, but I get the following frontend-error: “There was a problem sending that reply. Please try again.”.

What could I´ve done wrong?

Here is my code in a pastebin:
http://pastebin.com/5SCRxju3

[@shanebp Moderator 9 years, 1 month ago]

The reply form has hidden fields that require variables only available within the bp_thread_has_messages conditional.

See https://gist.github.com/shanebp/3d04465213e99665e512

[@marvin_klempert Participant 9 years, 1 month ago]

Aaah, I see. Not it works perfectly. Thank you very much 🙂

[@backpackersunion Participant 8 years, 10 months ago]

Building on this idea (which is awesome!), is there a way to have the new message post below the ‘reply-composing box’?

With this setup, new messages are posting above the ‘reply-composing box’ until the page is reloaded. I’ve tried altering the single.php to accomplish this, but it seems a function might be controlling this layout?

Thanks @shanebp and @marvin_klempert!

[@djsteveb Participant 8 years, 10 months ago]

anyone know if the code mentioned here: https://buddypress.org/support/topic/option-to-sort-inbox-msgs-new-to-old/#post-244547

is similar, worse, better ?

I need this functionality, but don’t trust random github code, and don’t know enough to understand that or the code above yet.